Tag: Computers and the Internet
Bitcoin Is Increasingly Acting Like Just Another Tech Stock
SAN FRANCISCO — Bitcoin was conceived more than a decade ago as “digital gold,” a long-term store of…
Fear and Loathing Return to Tech Start-Ups
Start-up workers came into 2022 expecting another year of cash-gushing initial public offerings. Then the stock market tanked,…
Apple Stops Production of iPods, After Nearly 22 Years
The iPod began with a modest goal: Let’s create a music product that makes people want to buy…
For Tens of Millions of Americans, the Good Times Are Right Now
“We are very fortunate right now given the situation for many others during the pandemic,” said Mr. McCauley,…
Inside Elon Musk’s Big Plans for Twitter
Elon Musk has never been accused of dreaming small. He has reinvented at least two industries with Tesla,…
Amazon Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Staten Island Warehouse
After Amazon employees at a massive warehouse on Staten Island scored an upset union victory last month, it…
Online Deciders Like Apple Have a Point
Gatekeepers like powerful tech companies have a bad reputation for controlling what happens online. But they don’t completely…
The Myth of the Genius Tech Inventor
It’s practically an insult in Silicon Valley to say that an executive is extremely capable at running a…
David Walden, Computer Scientist at Dawn of Internet, Dies at 79
Mr. Walden eventually enrolled at San Francisco State College (now University) and received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics…
Good Products and Bad Businesses
Over the past 15 years, clever digital ideas have captured imaginations, transformed habits and reshaped industries and economies.It…
How Elon Musk Winged It With Twitter, and Everything Else
Kimbal Musk and Mr. Gracias, who left Tesla’s board last year and serves as a SpaceX director, declined…
Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board
Nina Jankowicz’s new book, “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles the vitriol she and other women have…